MotoGP – Fabio Quartararo: “I made stupid mistakes” at the Dutch Grand Prix

The gauge of confidence that he had constantly filled, first at the cost of serenity in all circumstances, then thanks to absolute control, may have ended up overflowing. On the oldest circuit of the World Cup, where he had already won last season, the Niçois was indeed the man to beat despite the sensational lap achieved by Francesco Bagnaia on Saturday in qualifying.

Quartararo became human again

“El Diablo” suddenly became fallible again, after a series of six races where he had garnered 128 points out of a possible 150, while all his direct rivals – Espargaro, Bagnaia, Bastianini – had scuttled each other at least once. This Sunday, the roles were completely reversed, as the darling of Ducati won while the Aprilia rival managed an epic comeback, up to fourth place, after being dragged away by the fall of Quartararo.

Penalized at Silverstone

“The winner today, it was him considering the rhythm he had“, admitted Quartararo at the microphone of Canal+. I apologized to him for my mistake. He had a great race“He will certainly be the man to watch in the second half of the season. Even if the World Cup leader refuses to focus his attention on a single rival.”I can’t answer this questionadded the 23-year-old pilot. At each race the opponent changes, we can clearly see that the level is very very high and that the first five or six will be the opponents“.